Archive for the 'Human Nature Quotes' Category

21 Oct

“The desire to take medicine…” Sir William Osler

“The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.” Sir William Osler
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

21 Oct

“The mind of a bigot…” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Popularity: 43% [?]

Popularity: 43% [?]

19 Apr

“The person who gets the farthest…” Dale Carnegie

“The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.” Dale Carnegie
Popularity: 39% [?]

Popularity: 39% [?]

30 Oct

“The significance of man is…” Carl Becker

“The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.” Carl Becker
Popularity: 73% [?]

Popularity: 73% [?]

26 Sep

“The smaller the mind…” Aesop

“The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.” Aesop
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

26 Sep

“The truth does not change…” Flannery O’Connor

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Flannery O’Connor
Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]

05 Oct

“The weak can never…” Mahatma Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

13 Oct

“The whole world steps aside…” Anonymous

“The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.” Anonymous
Popularity: 22% [?]

Popularity: 22% [?]

21 Oct

“The world is governed more…” Daniel Webster

“The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.” Daniel Webster
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

24 Apr

“The world is so fast…” Anonymous

“The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can’t be done is interrupted by the person doing it.” Anonymous
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

03 Oct

“There are always flowers…” Henri Matisse

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse
Popularity: 24% [?]

Popularity: 24% [?]

30 Jul

“There are many who…” Cyril Connolly

“There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.” Cyril Connolly
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

13 Oct

“There are no passengers on…” Marshall McLuhan

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We’re all crew.” Marshall McLuhan
Popularity: 27% [?]

Popularity: 27% [?]

19 Jun

“There are no passengers…” Marshall McLuhan

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” Marshall McLuhan
Popularity: 23% [?]

Popularity: 23% [?]

25 Jul

“There are two types of people…” Frederick L. Collins

“There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, ‘Well, here I am!’ and those who come in and say, ‘Ah, there you are.’” Frederick L. Collins
Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]

10 Jul

“There is a boundary…” Edmund Burke

“There is a boundary to people’s passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.” Edmund Burke
Popularity: 18% [?]

Popularity: 18% [?]

13 Oct

“There’s no point in being…” Doctor Who

“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” Doctor Who
Popularity: 11% [?]

Popularity: 11% [?]

09 Oct

“They do not love…” William Shakespeare

“They do not love that do not show their love.” William Shakespeare
Popularity: 10% [?]

Popularity: 10% [?]

03 Oct

“Those who cannot change…” George Bernard Shaw

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw
Popularity: 9% [?]

Popularity: 9% [?]

29 Jul

“Those who dream by day…” Edgar Allan Poe

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” Edgar Allan Poe, in “Eleonora”
Popularity: 19% [?]

Popularity: 19% [?]

09 Oct

“Thou should’st eat to live…” Cicero

“Thou should’st eat to live; not live to eat.” Cicero
Popularity: 16% [?]

Popularity: 16% [?]

09 Oct

“Time is the coin of…” Carl Sandberg

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” Carl Sandberg
Popularity: 25% [?]

Popularity: 25% [?]

05 Oct

“To forgive is to set…” Anonymous

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.” Anonymous
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

26 Oct

“Trying to determine what is…” Ben Hecht

“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.” Ben Hecht
Popularity: 41% [?]

Popularity: 41% [?]

20 Oct

“We are at the very…” Richard Feynman

“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.” Richard Feynman
Popularity: [...]

Popularity: 48% [?]

30 Jul

“We can escape the prison…” Gary Craig

“We can escape the prison of our own beliefs and enter the Palace of Possibilities when we allow ourselves to be astonished by everything.” Gary Craig
Popularity: 30% [?]

Popularity: 30% [?]

29 Sep

“We don’t see things…” Anais Nin

“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anais Nin
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

25 Jul

“What can you say about…” Irv Kupcinet

“What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?” Irv Kupcinet
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

21 Jul

“What lies behind us…” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
Popularity: 34% [?]

Popularity: 34% [?]

21 Jul

“When they discover the…” Bernard Bailey

“When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.” Bernard Bailey
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

26 Sep

“Whenever you find that you…” Mark Twain

“Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.” Mark Twain
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

21 Nov

“Where we have strong emotions…” Carl Sagan

“Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.” Carl Sagan
Popularity: 75% [?]

Popularity: 75% [?]

26 Sep

“You can complain because roses…” Ziggy

“You can complain because roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” Ziggy
Popularity: 17% [?]

Popularity: 17% [?]

17 Oct

“You get the best out….” Harry Firestone

“You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.” Harry Firestone
Popularity: 25% [?]

Popularity: 25% [?]